System and method for displaying menu

3 A menu displaying system comprises

• an ordering terminal;
• a server;
• and
• a communication line for interconnecting said ordering terminal and said server;
• said ordering terminal including:
• input means for inputting order information about an order from a customer and customer information about a feature of said customer;
• a display for manifesting menu information;
• and
• transmission means for transmitting the order information and the customer information input by said input means, to said server and manifesting menu information transmitted from said server;
• said server including:
• a storage for storing article information about articles and order management information representing the order quantity of articles classified according to customer's features, in one-to-one correspondence;
• and
• a controller for updating the order quantity of said order management information stored in said storage based on order information and customer information transmitted from said order terminal, creating menu information representing sales of articles according to a customer's feature based on the article information and the order management information stored in said storage, and then transmitting said menu information to said ordering terminal.

5 A menu displaying method suitable for a system including an ordering terminal, a server, and a display terminal installed at a customer table, said method comprising the steps of:

• storing article information about articles and order management information into said server in one-to-one correspondence, said order management information representing the order quantity of articles according to customer's features;
• transmitting order information about orders and customer information about customer's features, input in said ordering terminal, to said server;
• updating said order management information stored in said server, based on the order information and the customer information from said ordering terminal;
• creating menu information, based on said article information and said order management information stored in said server, said menu information representing article sales according to customer's features;
• transmitting said menu information created in said server to said display terminal;
• and
• manifesting the menu information from said server on said display terminal.

6 The menu displaying method defined in claim 5, further comprising the steps of:

• when a predetermined menu item is chosen from among menu items representing article information on said display terminal, transmitting an article information transmission request to said server, said article information transmission request requesting transmitting article information about said chosen menu item to its own terminal;
• retrieving requested article information from said storage in said server, based on said article information transmission request from said display terminal;
• transmitting said article information retrieved as menu information to said display terminal by means of said server;
• and
• manifesting menu information from said server, in said display terminal.

7 A menu displaying method suitable for a system including an ordering terminal and a server;

• said method comprising the steps of:
• storing article information about articles and order management information into said server in one-to-one correspondence, said order management information representing the order quantity of articles according to customer's features;
• transmitting order information about orders input in said ordering terminal and customer information about customer's features to said server;
• updating order management information stored in said server, based on the order information and the customer information from said ordering terminal;
• creating menu information based on the article information and the order management information stored in said server, said menu information representing article sales according to customer's features;
• transmitting said menu information created in said server, to said ordering terminal;
• and
• manifesting the menu information from said server, in said ordering terminal.

8 The menu displaying method defined in any one of claims 5 to 7, further comprising the steps of:

• inputting recommendation information about articles recommended to customers in said input terminal;
• transmitting said recommendation information input in said input terminal;
• updating article information stored in said server based on said recommendation information from said input terminal;
• and
• creating menu information about articles recommended to customers, based on display information stored in said server.